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'Lincoln': Meet the Cast

Who's who in Steven Spielberg's ensemble? Compare actors with historical figures they play in new film, beginning with Daniel Day-Lewis as Honest Abe
By Jeff Labrecque
Updated November 28, 2011 at 02:15 AM EST
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Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of United States

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Sally Field as Mary Todd Lincoln, heartbroken and erratic First Lady of the United States

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Gulliver McGrath (Hugo) as Lincoln's youngest son, Tad

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Lincoln's eldest surviving son, Robert

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Gloria Reuben (ER) as Elizabeth Keckley, Mary Todd Lincoln's personal modiste and confidante

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David Strathairn as William Seward of New York, a former Republican rival who became Lincoln's trusted Secretary of State

David Strathairn as William Seward of New York, a former Republican rival who became Lincoln's trusted Secretary of State
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Bruce McGill (Cinderella Man) as Edwin Stanton of Ohio, an ambitious politician who became Lincoln's forceful Secretary of War

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Richard Topol (The Practice) as James Speed of Kentucky, Lincoln's attorney general

Richard Topol (The Practice) as James Speed of Kentucky, Lincoln's attorney general
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Grainger Hines as Gideon Welles of Connecticut, a leading abolitionist and Lincoln's Secretary of the Navy

Grainger Hines as Gideon Welles of Connecticut, a leading abolitionist and Lincoln's Secretary of the Navy
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Dakin Matthews (True Grit) as John Usher of Indiana, a former legal colleague of Lincoln and the president's Secretary of the Interior

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Tommy Lee Jones as Thaddeus Stevens, a staunch abolitionist and powerful Republican congressman from Pennsylvania

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S. Epatha Merkerson (Law & Order) as Lydia Smith, Thaddeus Stevens' housekeeper and confidante

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Jeremy Strong (The Messenger) as John Nicolay of Illinois, Lincoln's private secretary

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Joseph Cross (Running With Scissors) as John Hay of Illinois, Lincoln's assistant private secretary

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Hal Holbrook (The Firm) as Francis Preston Blair of Maryland, an aging but influential behind-the-scenes power broker

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Julie White (Transformers) as Elizabeth Blair Lee, well-connected daughter of Francis Preston Blair

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Byron Jennings (Liberty! The American Revolution) as Montgomery Blair of Maryland, a Republican firebrand from the Blair political dynasty who served as Lincoln?s Postmaster General

Byron Jennings (Liberty! The American Revolution) as Montgomery Blair of Maryland, a Republican firebrand from the Blair political dynasty who served as Lincoln?s Postmaster General
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Jared Harris (Mad Men) as Ulysses S. Grant of Illinois, victorious commanding general of the Union Army

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Jackie Earle Haley (Little Children) as Alexander Stephens of Georgia, vice-president of the Confederacy

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Gregory Itzin (24) as John Campbell of Alabama, the former Supreme Court justice who resigned and became the Assistant Secretary of War for the Confederacy

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Tim Blake Nelson (O Brother, Where Art Thou?) as Richard Schell of New York, a political operative

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    1 of 23 Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of United States
    2 of 23 Sally Field as Mary Todd Lincoln, heartbroken and erratic First Lady of the United States
    3 of 23 Gulliver McGrath (Hugo) as Lincoln's youngest son, Tad
    4 of 23 Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Lincoln's eldest surviving son, Robert
    5 of 23 Gloria Reuben (ER) as Elizabeth Keckley, Mary Todd Lincoln's personal modiste and confidante
    6 of 23 David Strathairn as William Seward of New York, a former Republican rival who became Lincoln's trusted Secretary of State
    7 of 23 Bruce McGill (Cinderella Man) as Edwin Stanton of Ohio, an ambitious politician who became Lincoln's forceful Secretary of War
    8 of 23 Richard Topol (The Practice) as James Speed of Kentucky, Lincoln's attorney general
    9 of 23 Grainger Hines as Gideon Welles of Connecticut, a leading abolitionist and Lincoln's Secretary of the Navy
    10 of 23 Dakin Matthews (True Grit) as John Usher of Indiana, a former legal colleague of Lincoln and the president's Secretary of the Interior
    11 of 23 Tommy Lee Jones as Thaddeus Stevens, a staunch abolitionist and powerful Republican congressman from Pennsylvania
    12 of 23 S. Epatha Merkerson (Law & Order) as Lydia Smith, Thaddeus Stevens' housekeeper and confidante
    13 of 23 Jeremy Strong (The Messenger) as John Nicolay of Illinois, Lincoln's private secretary
    14 of 23 Joseph Cross (Running With Scissors) as John Hay of Illinois, Lincoln's assistant private secretary
    15 of 23 Hal Holbrook (The Firm) as Francis Preston Blair of Maryland, an aging but influential behind-the-scenes power broker
    16 of 23 Julie White (Transformers) as Elizabeth Blair Lee, well-connected daughter of Francis Preston Blair
    17 of 23 Byron Jennings (Liberty! The American Revolution) as Montgomery Blair of Maryland, a Republican firebrand from the Blair political dynasty who served as Lincoln?s Postmaster General
    18 of 23 Jared Harris (Mad Men) as Ulysses S. Grant of Illinois, victorious commanding general of the Union Army
    19 of 23 Jackie Earle Haley (Little Children) as Alexander Stephens of Georgia, vice-president of the Confederacy
    20 of 23 Gregory Itzin (24) as John Campbell of Alabama, the former Supreme Court justice who resigned and became the Assistant Secretary of War for the Confederacy
    21 of 23 James Spader as W.N. Bilbo, a political operative
    22 of 23 Tim Blake Nelson (O Brother, Where Art Thou?) as Richard Schell of New York, a political operative
    23 of 23 John Hawkes (Deadwood) as Robert Latham, a political operative

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